Talk:Laura Gale House

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Laura Gale House

An entry from ' appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know?' column on June 1, 2007.

[edit] Just a question

Why isn't it called the Laura R. Gale house? After all, Thomas was dead by the time she commissioned it, and so he had nothing to do with it. As it stands, her title (and the name of the house) gives her no individuality, no existence beyond being married to Thomas H. Gale. Is this some old-fashioned snobbish convention? Why is it being promoted in the 21st century? Surely in these feminist times we have moved beyond that? 82.32.238.139 07:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Give me a break. The Preservation Trust refers to it as the Mrs. Thomas H. Gale House in their maps, as do most other references it is also known as the Laura Gale House, which I added once I found the ref on my bookshelf, but is much more commonly known as the Mrs. Thomas H. Gale House. IvoShandor 12:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)